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Jacob T. McGinnis Jr.
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Jacob Tracy McGinnis Jr., 73, 202 S. Sims St., died Nov. 8, 1999, at home. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late J. Tracy Sr. and Bessie Carpenter McGinnis, brother of the late Mary Carpenter Horn, member of First Presbyterian Church of Kings Mountain, former elder and deacon, president and treasurer of Men’s Bible Class for many years, had perfect Sunday school attendance for 27 years, former president of Kings Mountain Jaycees, former commander of Odis D. Greene Post 155, member for 53 years, member of VFW and Amvets, retired from sales and management in automobile business after 52 years, member of Chevrolet Motor Divisions Legion of Leaders for 24 years, Air Force veteran of World War II.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Helen Tidwell McGinnis; son and daughter-in-law, J.T. "Chip" III and Patricia Strickland McGinnis, Kansas City, Mo.; grandchild, Clint McGinnis, Kansas City; nephew, Robert E. Cabaniss, Shelby; seven nephews and nieces, South Carolina
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 10 a.m. Thursday, Mountain Rest Cemetery
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 11 a.m. Thursday, First Presbyterian Church, Dr. Richard Newsome
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Harris Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Christmas Children’s Fund, c/o First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 1188, Kings Mountain 28086
Helen Cornwell Logan
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Helen Cornwell Logan, 88, 619 E. King St., died Nov. 9, 1999, at Kings Mountain Hospital. She was a native of Cleveland County, wife of the late William Lawrence Logan, daughter of the late Clarence Tracy and Della Turner Cornwell, charter member of Kings Mountain Baptist Church, Kings Mountain Woman’s Club, Town and Country Garden Club of Kings Mountain and Thursday Afternoon Book Club, published, award-winning poet.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughter-in-law, Larry Logan, Chapel Hill, Lane and Donna Logan, Kings Mountain; daughters and sons-in-law, Lou Ann and Bill Bell, Lexington, S.C., Mary Helen and Al Tate, Judy and Bob Herndon, Kings Mountain, Lynda and Nick Bowden, Kenansville, Sally and Pat Carpenter, Anderson, S.C.; sister, Gloria Mulwee, Memphis, Tenn.; 16 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 1 p.m. Thursday, Kings Mountain Baptist Church, Rev. Olin Bynum
BURIAL: Mountain Rest Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Harris Funeral Home, other times at the home
MEMORIALS: Kings Mountain Baptist Church, P.O. Box 608, Kings Mountain 28086 or Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Road, Shelby 28150
Wiley Van Martin
GROVER — Wiley Van Martin, 24, 105 Robb Court, died Nov. 5, 1999, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center, Shelby. He was a native of Gastonia.
SURVIVORS: Fiancee, Tonya Lanay Price, Grover; daughter, Jerisha Sharpe, Charlotte; son, Ometrius Ivey, New York; mother, Debra Martin, Gastonia; father, Phillip Tate, Grover; brothers and sister-in-law, Phillip and Samantha Martin, Brian Spindler, Gastonia; sister, Ashley Tate, Gastonia; grandmother, Hattie Tate, Gastonia, other relatives and friends
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Thursday, Costner Funeral Home, Rev. James Setzer Sr.
BURIAL: Weeping Mary Baptist Church Cemetery, Bowling Green, S.C.
VISITATION: 30 minutes before service, other times at the home of Robert McDowell, 405 Fairfax Drive, Gastonia
Edna Ruth Pinkard
MORGANTON — Edna Ruth Pinkard, 93, Morganton Long Term Care, formerly of Gastonia, died Nov. 9, 1999, at Grace Hospital. She was a native of Lancaster, S.C., daughter of the late Everette and Pearl Emma Usher Small, wife of the late Kenneth Robert Pinkard, mother of the late George Cecil Cooke Jr., homemaker, member of First Presbyterian Church of Gastonia.
SURVIVORS: Son, Hugh Maurice Tompkins, Morganton; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: Held Wednesday, Mountain Rest Cemetery
ARRANGEMENTS: Harris Funeral Home
Lores A. Mauney
CONOVER — Lores A. "Lory" Mauney, 69, 203 Seventh St. N.E., died Nov. 9, 1999, at Brian Center West, Hickory. She was a native of Akron, Ohio, daughter of the late James Gleason and Helen Corll Head, 1948 graduate of Ashtabula High School, Ashtabula, Ohio, retired in 1987 as executive secretary from UAL Inc., Chicago, moved to Conover in 1988 from Arlington Heights, Ill., traveled extensively, author of "History and Genealogy of Samuel Sylvanus, Margaret and Rudisill Mauney", "The Descendants of John Pinkney, Margaret Paulina and Carpenter Dellinger", started annual Dellinger Cousins Luncheon, compiled booklet "100 Courthouses of N.C.," active member of Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, served as secretary and on congregational council, chancel choir, call committee, substitute secretary, member of Senior Citizens Group, Women of ELCA, compiled and edited church cookbook "Cooking with Faith."
SURVIVORS: Husband of 41 years, Robert V. Mauney, the home; daughters and sons-in-law, Nancy Jewell Mauney and Glenn Cartledge, Atlanta, Catherine Lee Mauney and Rev. Ken Langsdorf, Charlotte; grandchildren, Amanda Nell and Matthew Glenn Cartledge, Atlanta, Nadine Heather and Evan Vance Langsdorf, Charlotte; stepmothers, Betty Wyatt, Denver, Colo, Dorothy Sindahl, North Fond du Lac, Wisc.
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 2 p.m. Saturday, Faith Lutheran Church, Rev. Robert Shelby, Dr. Richard Graf
VISITATION: After service, the church
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Catawba Valley, 263 Third Ave. N.W., Hickory 28601; North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund, 1988 Lutheran Synod Drive, Salisbury 28144 or Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, 439 Seventh St. Place S.W., Conover 28613
ARRANGEMENTS: Drum Funeral Home
Mary M. Wilson
LINCOLNTON - Mary Ellen Mundy Wilson, 94, 100 Robin Road, died Nov. 10, 1999, at Lincoln Medical Center. She was a native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late Edgar and Mary Rhyne Mundy, wife of the late H.D. "Jack" Wilson, graduated from Lincolnton city schools, attended Queens College, Lenoir Rhyne College, graduated from Furman University, elementary school teacher for Greenville city schools, member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Chapel Sunday School Class, Golden Agers Club, life member of Southern Lutheran Seminary, Columbia, S.C., member of Boger City Home Extension Club, Work and Grow Garden, past member of Trinity Lutheran Church, past president of Hopewell Auxiliary of Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Greenville.
SURVIVORS: Son, James Dacus Wilson Sr., Fort Payne, Ala.; grandchildren, Christy, Shane, J.D. and Scott Wilson, Mindy Irick; seven great-grandchildren.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Friday, Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Rev. Gary Dittman
BURIAL: Hollybrook Cemetery
VISITATION: 1:30-3 p.m. Friday, the church
ARRANGEMENTS: Warlick Funeral Home
Hester D. Allison
SHELBY - Hester Olivia Davidson Allison, 92, 312 Cameron St., died Nov. 9, 1999, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Clover, S.C., daughter of the late James Hasting and Sophia Turner Davidson, wife of the late John Nixon Allison, mother of the late Harry C. White, sister of the late M.L., Joe, Thomas and Martha Davidson, retired operator from Southern Bell after more than 40 years of service, member of First Presbyterian Church, Telephone Pioneer Workers of America.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Ken Allison, Edinburg, Texas, John Nixon Allison Jr., Roanoke, Va., James Allison, the home; brothers, Rev. W.G. Davidson, Glenn Alpine, James Hasting "Jim" Davidson, Clover; sisters, Elizabeth Whitener, Doris Davidson, Clover, Annie Mae Hopper, Glenn Alpine; grandsons, John Michael Allison, Garner, Todd C. Allison, Mechanicsville, Va.; four great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. today, Hickory Grove Cemetery, Hickory Grove, S.C., Rev. W.G. Davidson, Dr. L.M. Allison
MEMORIALS: Arthritis Foundation, Carolinas Chapter, 5019 Nations Crossing, Suite 217, Charlotte 28217
ARRANGEMENTS: Cleveland Funeral Services
Louis B. White
YORK, S.C. — Louis "Buzzy" Bradford White, 65, 306 Lincoln Road, died Nov. 10, 1999, at Piedmont Medical Center. He was a native of York, S.C., security guard with American Security.
SURVIVORS: Parents, Wylie Bradford and Dorothy Alderman White; sisters, Doris White Jenkins, Joyce White McElroy, Dale White Freeze, York.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. Friday, Rose Hill Cemetery, Rev. Jeff O’Rouke
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Bratton Funeral Home; other times at the home of Joyce McElroy, 306 Lincoln Road, York
MEMORIALS: York County Humane Society
Edna R. Heffner
MAIDEN — Edna Mae Rose Heffner, 77, 108 E. Boyd St., died Nov. 9, 1999, at home. She was a native of Tarboro, daughter of the late Eddie F. "E.F." Sr. and Bertha Ellis Rose, mother of the late John W. Heffner III, sister of the late E.F. "Eddie" Jr. and William G. "Bill" Rose, retired secretary from Mauney Insurance Company, member of First United Methodist Church.
SURVIVORS: Husband, John W. Heffner Jr.; daughter, Tracy Heffner, Maiden; daughter-in-law, Lisa R. Heffner, Maiden; brothers, Stanley and Wesley Rose, Maiden, Earl Rose, Kingstree, S.C.; sisters, Dorothy Carter, Betty Wilkinson, Maiden; granddaughters, Erin and Heather Heffner; great-grandchildren, Gabriel Heffner, Brian Lusk
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Friday, First United Methodist Church, Rev. Dale Troutman, body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: Maiden Cemetery
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, Goodin-Drum Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 9844C Southern Pines Blvd., Charlotte 28273 or Hospice of Catawba Valley, 263 Third Ave. N.W., Hickory 28601
William A. Hullender
KINGS MOUNTAIN - William A. "Bill" Hullender, 76, 502 Hawthorne Road, died Nov. 9, 1999, at Kings Mountain Hospital. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late J.E. "Jack" and Florence Ledford Hullender, husband of the late Beatrice Wilson Hullender, Navy veteran of World War II, member of First Baptist Church, retired from FMC Lithium Corporation of America.
SURVIVORS: Son, David Hullender, Kings Mountain; daughter and son-in-law, Christy and Norman Smith, Kings Mountain; brothers, James Hullender, Gulfport, Miss., Ralph Hullender, Bufort, Ga., Robert "Bob" Hullender, Kings Mountain; grandchildren, Rebecca Miller, Allan Smith, Kings Mountain, Sherry Hullender, Grover; great-grandchild, Anthony Hullender, Grover
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 11 a.m. Friday, Harris Funeral Home, Dr. John Sloan
VISITATION: One hour before service, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights, Shelby 28150
Marie E. Jordan
GASTONIA - Marie Emmett Jordan, 80, Belaire Nursing Center, formerly of New Hope Road, died Nov. 9, 1999, at her residence. She was a native of Lexington, daughter of the late Clyde and Carrie Huffstickler Emmett, wife of the late Glenn Frank Jordan, preceded in death by five brothers, member of Faith United Methodist Church, Faith Fellowship Club, Matron’s Sunday School Class, United Methodist Women, taught Sunday school for more than 20 years.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, "Chip" Jonathan and Candy Jordan, Gastonia; granddaughter and spouse, Laura Jordan and Rusty Helms, Kings Mountain; great-grandchildren, Courtney and Leah Helms; brother, Clyde Emmett Jr.
FUNERAL: Noon today, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia, Rev. Jim Church
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: One hour before service, funeral home
Myra Ann Cunningham
GASTONIA - Myra Ann King Cunningham, 32, 123 Stacey Tucker Circle, died Nov. 9, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Gaston County, former secretary.
SURVIVORS: Son, Jeremy Todd Evitt, Gastonia; daughter, Katelin Elizabeth Cunningham, Shelby; parents, Henry Erskine King, Greencove, Fla., Margaret Elizabeth King, Gastonia; brothers, Ronald Wayne Walker, Randy Allen Walker, Stanley; sister, Sheila Renee Medford, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Friday, McLean Funeral Directors, Rev. Gordon Blalock
BURIAL: Gastonia Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, McLean Funeral Directors
PALLBEARERS: Scott Reneau, Dwayne Medford, Paul Medford, Jerry Shumate, Dougland Shumate, Rusty Propes
